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Galraedia

(5,022 posts)
Tue May 14, 2013, 12:44 PM May 2013

Cheney: Benghazi ‘one of the worst incidents that I can recall’

Source: Raw Story

The man who was vice president during the Sept. 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in 2001 says that last year’s attack in Benghazi was “one of the worst incidences, frankly, that I can recall in my career.”

In an interview on Fox News on Monday, former Vice President Dick Cheney accused President Barack Obama and his administration of lying about the attack in Benghazi and then staging a cover up to hide the lies.

“They lied,” Cheney said. “They claimed it was because of a demonstration video so that they wouldn’t have to admit it was really all about their incompetence.”

“I think it’s one of the worst incidents, frankly, that I can recall in my career,” he insisted. “If they told the truth about Benghazi, that it was a terrorist attack by an Al-Qaeda-led group, it would destroy the confidence that was the basis of his campaign for reelection.”

“They were trying to perpetuate this fiction that there was no terrorist threat because they got bin Laden and that’s a lie.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/14/cheney-benghazi-one-of-the-worst-incidents-that-i-can-recall/



...wtf? O.o
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Cheney: Benghazi ‘one of the worst incidents that I can recall’ (Original Post) Galraedia May 2013 OP
Shut up, you psychopathic dumbfuck Richardo May 2013 #1
beyond belief. 911? samsingh May 2013 #2
9/11. aquart May 2013 #32
Oh! That one made me chuckle out loud. tofuandbeer May 2013 #3
meh. Cheney needs to fade away. Buzz Clik May 2013 #4
So he has convenient amnesia about: muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #5
Let Me Add.. Ccarmona May 2013 #17
How could he forget about 9/11? It happened on his watch. Sanity Claws May 2013 #6
No soul, no heart, no brain......all arrogance! zwyziec May 2013 #7
We're still paying for, and fighting, your illegal invasions. Too little oxygen to that brain. Gregorian May 2013 #8
Yep, that new heart isn't doing its job. Brigid May 2013 #41
I have never heard such an articulate asshole before. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #9
!! KansDem May 2013 #23
Must be related to Jodi Arias, who went into a 'fog' and couldn't sinkingfeeling May 2013 #10
No mention of the embassy security cuts the GOP voted in? Blue Owl May 2013 #11
How!!! heaven05 May 2013 #12
Freak. nt onehandle May 2013 #13
Almost as bad as this one? Doctor_J May 2013 #14
There should be a laugh track whenever he talks. chelsea0011 May 2013 #15
Cheney is evil personified. upaloopa May 2013 #16
What a big grandissimo fucking joke BeyondGeography May 2013 #18
you have a dickishly short memory, Mr Go Fuck Yourself. ChairmanAgnostic May 2013 #19
I Concur with all the replies- ruffburr May 2013 #20
How about "Aide: Reagan Left Marines Vulnerable in Beirut" deurbano May 2013 #21
Really?!? nclib May 2013 #22
You have a really, really, really short memory, Mr. Veep KansDem May 2013 #24
Maybe he's got "Old Timer's Disease". Beacool May 2013 #26
This war criminal should learn from his former boss and keep his mouth shut. Beacool May 2013 #25
Every irony meter in the Western Hemisphere just exploded. Arkana May 2013 #27
Alzheimer's disease? Life Long Dem May 2013 #28
The GOP and their "Recall" Politicalboi May 2013 #29
another great example Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2013 #30
That...he...can...recall! peace13 May 2013 #31
Gee that's the proverbial pot calling the kettle black titaniumsalute May 2013 #33
Message from our war criminal! dmosh42 May 2013 #34
I'm sure Harry Whittington would disagree. denvine May 2013 #35
Oh Dick, you're such a... dick Little_Wing May 2013 #36
Would somebody please tell this jack ass fuck tartan2 May 2013 #37
It doesn't get more surreal than this. WRH2 May 2013 #38
His opinion couldn't mean less to me if he were a war criminal, oh wait - he is Dragonfli May 2013 #39
eat shit, Cheney mokawanis May 2013 #40
Cheney on Benghazi: "I hope they tried to cover it up by constructing a false story" Galraedia May 2013 #42
13 Benghazis That Occurred on Bush's Watch Without a Peep from Fox News struggle4progress May 2013 #43
I told you they John2 May 2013 #44
Mr. Cheney, your skull just called. mwooldri May 2013 #45
Like you told Patrick Leahy, GO FUCK YOURSELF! muntrv May 2013 #46
He forgot about the 'Start a war lovemydog May 2013 #47
can we have a city-by-city watch party for when he's on his deathbead? Volaris May 2013 #48
Obviously his recollection only goes back to when he finally got a heart. 4bucksagallon May 2013 #49

tofuandbeer

(1,314 posts)
3. Oh! That one made me chuckle out loud.
Tue May 14, 2013, 12:47 PM
May 2013

What a lying freak. Take that new heart and go crawl under a rock and die.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,295 posts)
5. So he has convenient amnesia about:
Tue May 14, 2013, 12:52 PM
May 2013

9/11
the falsification of intelligence on Iraq
his lies on TV about Iraq
the deaths of over 100,000 people in Iraq
Abu Ghraib
the deliberate exposure of Valerie Plame as a CIA agent, endangering CIA operatives
Hurricane Katrina
the theft of the 2000 election

and, going back a few more years,
Iran-Contra, during which he was a congressman who did nothing
Watergate, during which he worked at the White House

That's just the stuff in which he had personal involvement - and only some of it, all worse than Benghazi. I'm sure people can add a lot more.

 

Ccarmona

(1,180 posts)
17. Let Me Add..
Tue May 14, 2013, 01:00 PM
May 2013

Condoning Torture
Falsely Tying 9/11 to Saddam
Condoning Guantanamo
Secret Meetings with oil executives
Standing by during the Crash of 2008
Picking himself as VP
Condemning gay marriage while having a gay daughter

others can add to this

zwyziec

(173 posts)
7. No soul, no heart, no brain......all arrogance!
Tue May 14, 2013, 12:53 PM
May 2013

This draft dodger, fed at the government trough, excuse for a human being, is now being trotted out by the 1% who control him, to bloviate on Benghazi! This fool! This tool! This troll! This evil man.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
41. Yep, that new heart isn't doing its job.
Tue May 14, 2013, 05:16 PM
May 2013

It's supposed to pump oxygenated blood to that screwed-up brain.of his.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
9. I have never heard such an articulate asshole before.
Tue May 14, 2013, 12:56 PM
May 2013

All mine can do is PHHHHHHHAAAAPPPPPPppppppppt!

Impressive, Mr. Cheney.

Blue Owl

(50,347 posts)
11. No mention of the embassy security cuts the GOP voted in?
Tue May 14, 2013, 12:56 PM
May 2013

Before pointing fingers, you might wanna take a look at that sick fuck in the mirror, Dick.

deurbano

(2,894 posts)
21. How about "Aide: Reagan Left Marines Vulnerable in Beirut"
Tue May 14, 2013, 01:23 PM
May 2013

Published January 30, 2006 (Associated Press)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183262,00.html

<<A former defense secretary for Ronald Reagan says he implored the president to put Marines serving in Beirut in a safer position before terrorists attacked them in 1983, killing 241 servicemen.

"I was not persuasive enough to persuade the president that the Marines were there on an impossible mission," Caspar Weinberger says in an oral history project capturing the views of former Reagan administration officials."

..."They had no mission but to sit at the airport, which is just like sitting in a bull's-eye," Weinberger said. "I begged the president at least to pull them back and put them back on their transports as a more defensible position.">>




Beacool

(30,247 posts)
25. This war criminal should learn from his former boss and keep his mouth shut.
Tue May 14, 2013, 02:04 PM
May 2013

He may also want to take up painting. I heard that's it's calming.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
29. The GOP and their "Recall"
Tue May 14, 2013, 02:15 PM
May 2013

Reagan during Contra investigation, couldn't recall anything either. Fuck you Dick. You can't die soon enough for me you piece of shit.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
31. That...he...can...recall!
Tue May 14, 2013, 02:25 PM
May 2013

Maybe the new heart has clouded the Dark Force's memory. An innocent heart would have to protect itself from the black hearted, evil forces that course through the corpse that is Mr. Cheney!

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
33. Gee that's the proverbial pot calling the kettle black
Tue May 14, 2013, 02:32 PM
May 2013

Cheney must have had one too many electric jolts from the 30 or 40 pacemakers he's had put into his shell.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
39. His opinion couldn't mean less to me if he were a war criminal, oh wait - he is
Tue May 14, 2013, 04:57 PM
May 2013

It was bad that there was an attack and people died, but no one was trying to pretend "there was no terrorist threat". There really is nothing about what the right wing claims here that makes any sense.

I dislike many of our foreign policy decisions, but the stuff that sucks are mostly extensions of his fucking policies that were not ended in their entirety. The only thing about this story that is ‘one of the worst incidents that I can recall’ Is the fact that Dick committed War crimes when he conspired to institute Torture policies that were carried out in our country's name (Torture is a war crime we have hanged people for) but he continues to walk around a free man offering his opinions. He often BRAGS about his crimes while continuing to advocate torture.

No one should be above the law, certainly not dead eye fucking Dick Cheney!

 

John2

(2,730 posts)
44. I told you they
Tue May 14, 2013, 05:54 PM
May 2013

are a trip. What did Obama say; the GOP is a side show right now. They cry Wolf and expect everybody to come running. Just what have they done for us lately? The Sequester, Gun issue, why should we care about the GOP?

mwooldri

(10,302 posts)
45. Mr. Cheney, your skull just called.
Tue May 14, 2013, 06:58 PM
May 2013

It wants its brain back.

IMO, Mr. Cheney has a very selective memory. I can think of a number of incidents that are far worse than the 11th September, 2012 attack on a US mission. Don't get me started on that laundry list.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
47. He forgot about the 'Start a war
Tue May 14, 2013, 08:23 PM
May 2013

against the wrong country that will cost U.S. taxpayers $2 trillion' incident while he was V.P.

Volaris

(10,269 posts)
48. can we have a city-by-city watch party for when he's on his deathbead?
Tue May 14, 2013, 11:37 PM
May 2013

Christ, will I be happy when this man is in the cold, eternal ground.

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